It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 07:13
wallace wrote:Vann I knew you would like this one, dont you have a tag picture of an earlier machine...
Mike G wrote:There's some great restoration channels on Youtube, but none of them are as good as this......
wallace wrote:...This poor thing has certainly been in the wars, the fence plate has been welded and re machined
Also the blade flask has been snapped and welded back together
Mike G wrote:There's some great restoration channels on Youtube, but none of them are as good as this......
wallace wrote:Anyone explain the pattern? Is it the cooling of the cast iron
kirkpoore1 wrote:I believe the pattern is from scraping the surface flat. I believe that various patterns can be achieved with scraping as seen below (no, I don't know how to do it). Extreme flatness can be achieved.
Trevanion wrote:kirkpoore1 wrote:I believe the pattern is from scraping the surface flat. I believe that various patterns can be achieved with scraping as seen below (no, I don't know how to do it). Extreme flatness can be achieved.
I might be wrong, but I thought this was unmachined raw cast iron. It's hard to say from the photo
wallace wrote:...Taking the handwheels off is just a matter of drilling the peened end and wacking with a punch
But wadkin thought it needed to be threaded and peened
wallace wrote:...Anyone explain the pattern? Is it the cooling of the cast iron
wallace wrote:I dont think its a scraping affect, I've seen that on wadkin stuff in the past. The surface is not smooth, I think it is a planed surface.
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